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New York City Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) groups posted an Instagram message praising Hamas’s Oct. 7 attacks, which sparked criticism and conflicting responses from different DSA chapters. While New York City Young DSA and the City College chapter removed their endorsement, the New School YDSA kept it up as of Tuesday. The post characterizes Oct. 7 as a day marking “resistance against imperialism” but also accuses Israel of genocide over three years. Rep. Ritchie Torres criticized the glorification of political violence on X (formerly Twitter), highlighting the dangerous direction American politics seems to be taking.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-06,
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DSA groups in New York City initially posted an Instagram statement praising Hamas's October 7, 2023, attacks on Israel, which involved the deaths of over 1,200 Israelis. The post characterized the event as "resistance against imperialism." In response to criticism, two of the three groups—New York City Young Democratic Socialists of America (YDSA) and City College of New York’s YDSA chapter—removed themselves from the controversial post, while a third group, New School YDSA, kept it up. This incident highlights the DSA's ongoing struggle to balance its radical positions with broader public sentiment as the organization gains influence in U.S. elections. Representative Ritchie Torres (D-NY) criticized this stance on social media, calling it romanticizing mass murder.
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A Monday Instagram post praising Hamas’s Oct. 7, 2023, terrorist attacks sparked conflicting messages from a trio of New York City Democratic Socialists of America groups.
asserted
post → praise → groups
The three groups initially posted the statement jointly with other activist organizations to announce an Oct. 7 protest at New York City Hall, prompting criticism, according to news reports and screenshots posted online.
uncertain
groups → post → reports
New York City Young Democratic Socialists of America and the City College of New York’s YDSA chapter then removed themselves from the pro-Hamas post, while the third, New School YDSA, still featured it on its account as of Tuesday.
asserted
third → remove → Tuesday
“October 7th marks three years since resistance against imperialism changed the fate of our world forever,” reads the post about the Hamas-led invasion of Israel that involved rampant killing, rapes, and kidnappings of civilians.
asserted
that → mark → civilians
The post simultaneously accuses Israel of “THREE YEARS OF GENOCIDE.”
asserted
post → accuse → GENOCIDE
The snafu marks another example of the DSA struggling to decide just how extreme its positions will be as it increasingly influences U.S. elections.
asserted
it → mark → elections
The group previously failed to reach public consensus on whether a gunman’s killing of two Israeli Embassy workers in Washington in May 2025 was justified, with one “Maoist” faction praising the murders and the DSA’s national chapter declining to.
uncertain
chapter → fail → murders
The DSA calls itself the largest socialist organization in U.S. history by in 2025.
asserted
DSA → call → 2025
New York City YDSA and City College YDSA did not respond to the Washington Examiner’s requests for comment about their apparent retractions.
asserted
YDSA → respond → retractions
The Monday post lists five DSA groups as endorsing the City Hall protest.
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post → list → protest
“The far left sees October 7th — the deadliest day for Jews since the Holocaust — not as an occasion to mourn the 1,200 Israelis murdered in an act of terror but as an occasion to romanticize the mass murder of Jews as ‘resistance,'” Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-NY) said on X in response to the Instagram post.
asserted
Torres → see → post
“The inevitable consequence of glorifying political violence is political violence itself.
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consequence → glorify → violence
That is the dangerous direction in which American politics seems to be heading.”
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politics → seem → which
Activists chose City Hall as their target to condemn Mamdani for letting police arrest anti-Israel protesters and for crafting a city plan to address antisemitism.
asserted
police → choose → antisemitism
The post blasts him for promising physical security for “zionist synagogues which host illegal real estate sales of stolen Palestinian land.”
asserted
which → blast → land
“We denounce the Mayor’s meaningless words of alleged solidarity with the Palestinian people followed by capitulation to zionist pressure,” the statement reads.
asserted
statement → denounce → pressure
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